Leviathan

¹“Ungakhipha uLeviyathani ngodobo, ucindezele phansi ulimi lwakhe ngentambo, na?

²Ungafaka igoda lomhlanga ekhaleni lakhe, ubhoboze umhlathi wakhe ngodobo, na?

³Uyakwenza imikhuleko eminingi kuwe, akhulume kuwe amazwi athambileyo, na?

⁴Uyakwenza isivumelwano nawe ukuba umthathe abe yinceku kuze kube phakade na?

⁵Ungadlala naye njengenyoni, umbophele amantombazana akho, na?

⁶Abathengi bangathengiselana ngaye, bamahlukanise phakathi kwabahwebi, na?

⁷Ungagcwalisa isikhumba sakhe ngezinhlendla, nekhanda lakhe ngamathatha ezinhlanzi, na?

⁸Beka isandla sakho kuye; khumbula ukulwa; awusayikukuphinda.

⁹Bheka, ithemba lakho liyakhohlisa; nangokumbona nje uyawiswa phansi.

¹⁰Akakho onesibindi sokumvusa. Ngubani, pho, ongema phambi kwami na?

¹¹Ngubani ongandulele ukuba ngimbuyisele na? Konke okuphansi kwezulu kungokwami.

¹²“Angiyikuthula ngezitho zakhe, nangendaba yamandla akhe, nangesimo sakhe esihle.

¹³Ngubani ongakhumula isambatho sakhe esingaphandle; ngubani ongangena phakathi kwemihlathi yakhe emibili na?

¹⁴Izicabha zobuso bakhe ngubani ongazivula na? Amazinyo akhe ayesabeka nxazonke.

¹⁵Umhlane wakhe uyizinhla zezihlangu; zinamathelisiwe njengangophawu.

¹⁶Zisondelene esinye kwesinye, kungangeni moya phakathi kwazo.

¹⁷Zinamathelene; zibambelene, azinakwahlukaniswa.

¹⁸Ukuthimula kwakhe kubengezela ngokukhanya; amehlo akhe anjengezinkophe zokusa.

¹⁹Emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma izihlanti, nezinhlansi zomlilo ziyaqhasha.

²⁰Emakhaleni akhe kuphuma umusi njengasesocweni esibilayo nasemihlangeni eshayo.

²¹Ukuphefumula kwakhe kokhela amalahle, nelangabi liphuma emlonyeni wakhe.

²²Entanyeni yakhe kuhlala amandla, nengebhe iyaxhuma phambi kwakhe.

²³Amanya enyama yakhe anamathelene; abunjiwe kuye, awanakususwa.

²⁴Inhliziyo yakhe iqinile njengetshe, yebo, iqinile njengetshe lokusila elingaphansi.

²⁵Ekuvukeni kwakhe abanamandla bayesaba; ngenxa yevuso baphela amandla.

²⁶Noma inkemba ifinyelela kuye, ayinakusiza, noma umkhonto nomcibisholo nengcula.

²⁷Insimbi uyishaya utshani, nethusi ibunga.

²⁸Umcibisholo awunakumxosha; amatshe endwayimana aphenduka amabibi kuye.

²⁹Izagila uzishaya amabibi; uyahleka ukugunquza kwengcula.

³⁰Ingaphansi lakhe linjengezindengezi ezibukhali; uyenaba njengesibhuqo odakeni.

³¹Wenza inzulu ibile njengekhanzi; wenza ulwandle lufane nomfuma wamafutha.

³²Wenza umgudu ukhazimule emva kwakhe; kungathi utwa lungwevu.

³³Emhlabeni akukho okufana naye owenziwa abe ngongesabiyo.

³⁴Ubona konke okuphakemeyo; uyinkosi phezu kwabo bonke abantwana bokuzikhukhumeza.”